Chapter 96

"She's one of Keya's best queens."

The king repeated this sentence. He raised his head and set his eyes on the dancing fire in the fireplace.

"Of course she is."

The Bard beamed with joy.

The king whispered, "thank you."

The minstrel bowed deeply: "this is what we should do. The keyans are willing to serve you."

He retreated gently, leaving space for the king alone.

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February will pass.

The minstrel was ordered by the king to sing the old folk songs in the northern region, which were the folk songs of the rose family's rule in the northern region. Taking the soft folk songs as the starting point, compared with the harsh rule of the royal family, the king used this way to skillfully transfer the hatred of the people in the northern region and wake up the connection between the northern region and the rose family.

The second step of the propaganda war was the system that the king sorted out when the rose family ruled the north.

At that time, the rose family treated the North equally, and the people of the North enjoyed the same treatment as the people of Legrand.

On the one hand is the harsh system of labor manor, on the other hand is to get amnesty and equal treatment.

As long as it is not a fool, it is not difficult to make a corresponding choice.

The scattered rebels laid down their weapons, and the turmoil in the North completely subsided. At this time, the king got a surprise: under the leadership of a former middle-level officer of the anti rebel army named "wood", a group of Free Democratic Alliance who had participated in the rebel movement wrote to the king, asking the king to save them from the rule of the royal family.

After reading the joint petition, the king looked up at the young officer who stood in front of him a little nervously.

Officer wood was in his early twenties. He had a red face. He was tall, with gray blue eyes and the energy of a young man. He was similar to general Aton, who was beheaded by the king some time ago. He was also an ordinary peasant. He climbed up to the position of middle-level officer in the army with his courage and strength.

"I hear you've made general Edmond suffer a lot."

The king closed the petition and looked at the officer in front of him.

"Don't you worry about coming to see me?"

He was referring to the fact that during the course of general Edmond's assisting count Henry in attacking Balboa, the officer had predicted their march route and laid an ambush in the valley. If it wasn't for the small number of them and the fact that angel's soldiers were particularly adapted to the mountainous terrain, the outcome of the war would still be unknown.

However, that time, the young officer led his elite team to escape.

"Since count Henry can still be appointed to command such a large army, I don't think I have much to worry about." Wood replied.

Count Henry once chose the new royalist party in the "change of the rose" and attacked many royalist castles. Even people like count Henry were able to gain the king's importance in this anti rebel movement. This is the source of officer wood's courage in this struggle. He felt that the king was not as violent and bloody as the rumor had it.

"You have an honest character."

The king gave a little smile.

Officer wood bowed his sincerity: "I think you'd rather hear some truth than a grand speech. Can you say that you will refuse the surrender of your subjects after their repentance? Your majesty. "

"Of course not." "Who would refuse a young and talented general?" he said

"General?" Officer wood caught the message in the king's words. His red face turned red with excitement. "You mean..."

"When you have the courage to step here, this is yours."

The king smiles.

He handed a commission to officer wood.

The king had chosen such a man.

After all the royal families of Balboa and Newcastle were cleaned up by the king, there was a vacuum of power. The formation of a new local government must consider many things. There is no doubt that the vast majority of the candidates for the two new governments must be trusted members of the royal family, which must be under the close control of the king.

But the king did not intend to use the Legrand people to govern these places. It would not be a good idea either because of the familiarity with the local conditions or because of the acceptance of the northerners.

It is easy for the land which is hard to recover to break out again.

In the process of Balboa and Newcastle's complete integration with Legrand, the king must use some soft means to appease the local people.

He needs a northerner for an important position.

This northerner needs to be smart enough, influential enough, and unable to come from a local aristocracy.

Officer wood just met these conditions, and even exceeded them.

Officer wood was born in a civilian family. He was appointed as one of the consuls, which can let the farmers in the north see the hope of improving their status and rights. He was originally a member of the rebel army, but he was reused by the king. This can make those who have participated in the rebel movement no longer fear, and to a certain extent dilute the influence of some kings who had taken strong measures before. Only relying on the support of the king can officer wood have the power and status, and the relationship of interests, so that he will not rebel as easily as the local nobles.And the willingness of officer wood to join forces also reflects his political mind.

He is the smart man the king needs.

"I hope you won't let me down."

The king said to officer wood, who knelt on one knee and swore allegiance.

"Of course, I looked up when I went into town." Officer wood replied, pausing and asking seriously, "a little trespass, please Will you make Beidi better? It will be as peaceful and beautiful as the ballad says, won't it

"Yes, it will."

Answered the king.

Officer wood raised his hand and knocked on his heart. "Then I'm at ease."

He backed out in relief.

What officer wood didn't know was that his last impolite question got him through the last hurdle with the king. The king did not resent those who were ambitious and eager for power. However, a person who is ambitious but wants his hometown to become better is more suitable for that position.

Officer wood left bomari castle with good news, and the king began to issue a series of official orders:

Legrand regained the right that had been given to Balboa and Newcastle. From then on, the royal family of Legrand directly controlled the two places, and Balboa and Newcastle were changed from state to County. The new county officials were personally appointed by the king.

The deacons of all the military castles in both places were reappointed.

The manor courts in the two places were abolished, and the king set up local fixed courts.

Balboa and Newcastle will have the right to freely elect City representatives to participate in the parliament of the Legrand empire.

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This series of decrees is called "old rules of Beidi", which means that it is not to establish a new system in Beidi, but to restore its rights once ruled by the rose family.

By the time the governments of Balboa and Newcastle were formed, the conscription was over, and the king continued to demobilize the assembled troops, leaving only the rosettes and some knights to be rewarded.

At the end of February 1433.

Thick snow began to melt, melting ice and snow gathered into a river, new buds began to sprout.

The king left the Deputy General of the Duke of Buckingham to guard the castle of bomari, and he led the rose cavalry to return to the Rose Palace.

Standing on the wall of bomari castle, the deputy general watched the king lead the rose cavalry away. He looked up at the tower in the center of the castle.

"Winter is over."

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Castle METZL.

The news of the success of the Northern War has been sent back to Legrand some time ago.

Everyone in the capital was happy. The victory of the war was beyond people's imagination. Chroniclers did not hesitate to praise the king's achievements with admiration. Today, the king triumphed, so a group of nobles, mayors and all members of the City Council, hundreds of guild members quietly waited outside the gate.

It was General John who led the men.

In just a few months, General John became more stable, even a little cold. When some old nobles saw him, they almost thought they had met the young Duke of Buckingham. Now he stood at the front of the line and sat upright on the horse. What was puzzling was that General John was wearing a pair of iron gloves.

It doesn't seem to be in line with etiquette.

But no one dared to ask General John.

"Here it is! Your majesty is back

All of a sudden there was a commotion among the eager crowd.

Smoke and dust rose on the horizon, and the knights who came back from the victory galloped in the bright sunlight. As they left, they held the scarlet flags high, and the hundred rose King flags spread out, just like a boiling tide of blood. Compared with the time when they left, the knights in these Knights became more despicable.

From a distance, you can feel the momentum of being able to step down all obstacles.

Never move forward.

The crowd was silent, then cheered higher than before, and the cheers were filled with pride - this is their king of Legrand! This is their army of Legrand! Their Knights!

The pride of Legrand!

The triumphant team gradually approached, and General John, who had been standing still, suddenly rode forward. General John's impolite behavior made other people look at each other, and then they saw the cavalry at the head of the opposite team raised the whip, and all the rose cavalry stopped.

The galloping sound of the horses disappeared, and it seemed that there were only two horses and two knights looking at each other.

The king watched quietly as General John rode in.

In front of the king, General John turned over and dismounted.

The king also dismounted, and General John became more like a young lion than he remembered.

"I'm sorry."

The king whispered that the others were far away from them. It is a pair of brothers standing here, not the king and his general. The king didn't say why he was sorry, but they all knew why.

"You don't have to feel guilty." General John looked into the king's eyes. "He was ready for that. He has left some things. I think you may want to have a look when you go back. "The king did not speak.

General John gave the king a hug and whispered, "he's always proud of you."

Releasing the king, General John stepped back, knelt down on one knee, raised his hand and clenched his fist to knock on his heart:

"I have prepared my sword and iron gloves, your majesty, please allow me to be your defender!"